Papilio hectorides

Short description: Species of butterfly

Papilio hectorides

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Papilionidae
Genus:  | Papilio
Species:  |

P. hectorides

Binomial name
Papilio hectorides

Esper, 1794

Synonyms

* Papilio argentus Martyn, 1797
* Papilio torquatinus Esper, 1799
* Papilio pandrosus Godart, 1819
* Papilio lysithous Godart, 1819
* Menelaides chirodamas Hübner, [1825]
* Papilio mezentius Doubleday, 1844
* Papilio torquatinus ab. melania Oberthür, 1879
* Papilio hectorides f. catamelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
* Papilio hectorides agordus Fruhstorfer, 1915
* Papilio hectorides lysirte Fruhstorfer, 1915

Papilio hectorides is a species of Neotropical swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Argentina , Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil .[1]

It is common and not threatened.[2] Larvae feed on Piperaceae.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Papilio at Funet
2. ↑ Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up.
3. ↑ Sérgio A. Vanin, Clécio S. Ramos, Elsie F. Guimarães & Massuo J. Kato, 2008 Insect feeding preferences on Piperaceae species observed in São Paulo city, Brazil Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(1): 72-77, março 2008 pdf

* Lewis, H. L., 1974 Butterflies of the World ISBN:0-245-52097-X Page 25, figure 1(female),figure 2(male)

## External links

* Hector's swallowtail butterfly (Papilio hectorides), ARKive

Wikidata ☰ Q7132908 entry

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